Kristina Kvalvik, detail from
Voices Of The Unseen, 2008
Courtesy of the artist
Exhibition dates: 5 September – 15 November 2009
Opening: Friday, 5 September 2009
Press preview: Friday, 4 September 2009
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The Norwegian artists Pushwagner and Kristina Kvalvik have been invited by curators Celia Prado and Johan Pousette to participate in the 2009 Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, 'What a Wonderful World', taking place in various venues throughout Gothenburg, Sweden, from 5 September to 15 November 2009. Within 'What a Wonderful World', which takes its cue from the song made famous by Louis Armstrong in the 1960s, Pushwagner will exhibit Soft City, a pictorial novel presenting the dystopian qualities of life in an urban environment. Kvalvik, who works with moving images from a narrative point of view, will exhibit Notes From a Stranger, a new video work commissioned on the occasion of the biennial. Among the other exhibiting artists are Fiona Tan, Amar Kanwar, Candice Breitz, Tim Etchells and Susan Hiller.
Pushwagner and Kristina Kvalvik's participation within 'What a Wonderful World' is supported with a generous grant from OCA's International Support Programme.
Kristina Kvalvik (b.1980 in Skodje, Norway, lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a graduate of Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden, and Emily Carr Institute of Art, Vancouver, Canada. She has recently exhibited within 'Ryk Ind!', Overgarden, Copenhagen (2009), 'VASTERAS', Västerås Konstmuseum, Vasterås, Sweden (2008), 'Voices of the Unseen', KHM, Malmö (2008) and 'Video Killed the Painting Star. The Perfect Real', Center for Contemporary Art Glasgow, United Kingdom (2008).
Hariton Pushwagner (b.1940 in, Oslo, Norway lives and works in Oslo) is a painter and a model for young artists and cartoonists. Puswagner is a graduate at the National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway, and Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. He has recently participated within the 16th Binnale of Sydney, 'Revolutions – Forms That Turn', Sydney, Australia and the 5th Berlin Biennal for contemporary art, 'When Things Cast No Shadow', Berlin, Germany, both in 2008.